AN ASSAULT ON POVERTY Basic Human Needs, Science, and Technology
Panel on Technology for Basic Needs of the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development
IDRC/UNCTAD 1997
ISBN Out of print
e-ISBN 1-55250-026-8
300 pp.
Disponible en français
Does science and technology (S&T) truly have a part to play in meeting basic human needs? Can S&T help the world's communities secure adequate nutrition, health care, water, sanitary facilities, and access to education and information?
The role of science and technology in development is certainly one of the most complex and delicate issues facing policymakers and development practitioners today. In An Assault on Poverty, the Panel on Technology for Basic Needs of the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development offers analyses of poverty eradication and the role of S&T with respect to sustainable human development, technical and vocational education, health, and small-scale economic activities, among other issues. The panel's findings reaffirm that S&T does, indeed, offers great potential in eradicating poverty. Realizing this potential will, in the words of panel chair Arnoldo K. Ventura, depend on "social and political will, sufficient moral purpose, enlightened self-interest, and acceptance of the unity of all members of the human family and its precarious position on this planet."
THE AUTHOR
The United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development was established in 1992 by the Assembly of the United Nations and, since 1993, has been serviced by the UNCTAD secretariat. Through assembled panels of experts, the Commission examines and provides advice on current issues in science and technology, with a focus on the developing world. The Commission's Panel on Technology for Basic Needs was convened to explore how science and technology could contribute to the alleviation of poverty and the fulfilment of basic human needs.
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Foreword Oscar Serrate 1997
Preface Arnoldo K. Ventura 1997
PART 1 : THE PANEL ON TECHNOLOGY FOR BASIC NEEDS
Chapter 1. Science and Technology for Basic Needs: A Bridge 1997
Chapter 2. Science and Technology for Development: An Overview 1997
PART 2 : INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Introduction 1997
Chapter 3. Policy Guidelines 1997
Chapter 4. The Forgotten Strategy Arnoldo K. Ventura and Martin E.D. Henry 1997
Chapter 5. Old Imperatives, Fresh Approaches Dilmus D. James 1997
Chapter 6. Sustainable Human Development in a Fractured Global Order Francisco R. Sagasti 1997
Chapter 7. Science for Sustainable Human Development, Technologies for Vital Rights Oscar Serrate 1997
Chapter 8. Technology and Basic Needs in Ethiopia Getaneh Yiemene 1997
PART 3 : UN CONTRIBUTIONS
Chapter 9. United Nations System and Selected Organizations: Activities Involving Technologies for Basic Needs 1997
Chapter 10. Technology for Small-scale Economic Activities to Address the Basic Needs of Low-income Populations 1997
Chapter 11. Technology-related Work for Basic Needs of Low-income Populations 1997
Chapter 12. Activities in Technical and Vocational Education 1997
Chapter 13. Technology for Health, Particularly for Low-income Populations 1997
Appendix I
The Panel on Technology for Small-scale Economic Activities to Address the Basic Needs of Low-income Populations 1997
Appendix II
Experts Contributing, as "Friends of the Chair," to the Work of the Panel 1997
Appendix III 1997
Appendix IV
Acronyms and Abbreviations 1997
Bibliography 1997
